ای نیلگون دریای من
Ay Nilagoon Daryaye Man
“O My Blue Sea”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
O my azure sea I have come back, I have come back I have come back, come back
O my cup and my wine-vessel I have come back, I have come back
Now hear the sound of my feet I have come back, come back
Be silent for a moment — listen! And then open your arms
Like a fluttering nightingale I come to you from the sky O my beautiful nightingale I have come back, come back
Transliteration
Ay nilagoon daryaye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Ay jam o ay meenaye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Einak sadaye paye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Yak lahza saket, gosh kon Wa-angah baz aghosh kon
Einak sadaye paye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Choon bulbule parpar zanan Soye tu aayam ze asoman Ay bulbule zebaye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Einak sadaye paye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Ay nilagoon daryaye man Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
Ay jam o ay meenaye man Geryan o nalaan amadam
Einak sadaye paye man Zaro perayshan aamadam Baz aamadam, baz aamadam
متن اصلی
ای نیلگون دریای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم باز آمدم، باز آمدم
ای جام و ای مینای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم
اینک صدای پای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم باز آمدم، باز آمدم
یک لحظه ساکت، گوش کن! وآنگه باز آغوش کن
اینک صدای پای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم باز آمدم، باز آمدم
چون بلبلی پرپر زنان سوی تو آیم ز آسمان ای بلبل زیبا من باز آمدم، باز آمدم
اینک صدای پای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم باز آمدم، باز آمدم
ای نیلگون دریای من باز آمدم، باز آمدم
ای جام و ای مینای من گریان و نالان آمدم
اینک صدای پای من زار و پریشان آمدم باز آمدم، باز آمدم
O my azure sea — I have come back; hear my footsteps, be silent and listen, then open your arms; like a fluttering nightingale I come to you from the sky.
About This Recording
Ay Nilagoon Daryaye Man is a song of return — not return as relief but as arrival after a journey whose difficulty is not described. The refrain 'bargashtam, bargashtam' (I have come back, I have come back) is as much a surprise to the speaker as to the beloved: the repetition suggests the speaker is convincing themselves of their own return as much as announcing it.
The beloved is figured as a sea (darya) and simultaneously as a cup (jam) and wine-vessel (saghar) — two images that work together in Persian Sufi poetry as vessels of mystical intoxication. The sea holds depth and immensity; the cup holds the concentrated essence that the sea provides. The beloved contains both the oceanic and the intimate.
The nightingale image at the end reframes the entire song: the speaker arrives 'from the sky' like a nightingale, which is the bird that in classical Persian lyric loves the rose to the point of destruction. The nightingale comes to the rose not in safety but in desperate, wing-fluttering exposure. The return that the song has been celebrating all along is a return of exposure — the speaker gives themselves over completely, knowing exactly what this costs.
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